Handbook Chapters
The Preface and 12 chapters below come from the unpublished Handbook of Tonal Counterpoint by George Heussenstamm
and is used with permission. Here it is in all its contrapuntal goodness, just waiting for you to explore and learn from it!
and is used with permission. Here it is in all its contrapuntal goodness, just waiting for you to explore and learn from it!
CHAPTER 1 – Two-Part Counterpoint in First Species (1:1)
CHAPTER 2 – Second Species (2:1)
CHAPTER 3 – Third Species (3:1, 4:1, 6:1, etc.)
CHAPTER 4 – Fourth Species: from Tied Tones to Free Counterpoint
CHAPTER 5 – Imitation and Canon
CHAPTER 6 – Writing a Canon
CHAPTER 7 – Writing Short Pieces in Two-Part Form
CHAPTER 8 – Double Counterpoint
CHAPTER 9 – Writing Two-Part Inventions
CHAPTER 10 – Three-Part Counterpoint
CHAPTER 11 – Canon in Three-Part Counterpoint
CHAPTER 12 – The Three-Voice Fugue
CHAPTER 2 – Second Species (2:1)
CHAPTER 3 – Third Species (3:1, 4:1, 6:1, etc.)
CHAPTER 4 – Fourth Species: from Tied Tones to Free Counterpoint
CHAPTER 5 – Imitation and Canon
CHAPTER 6 – Writing a Canon
CHAPTER 7 – Writing Short Pieces in Two-Part Form
CHAPTER 8 – Double Counterpoint
CHAPTER 9 – Writing Two-Part Inventions
CHAPTER 10 – Three-Part Counterpoint
CHAPTER 11 – Canon in Three-Part Counterpoint
CHAPTER 12 – The Three-Voice Fugue
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The final chapter - CHAPTER 12 - is currently unavailable.